“I think this is the time when child advocates do what they do best.” - @ewburak.bsky.social → Read our new blog on how the volatile federal policy environment is shaping child advocacy in 2026.

Nearly two weeks after her release from immigration detention, Nashville journalist Estefany Rodríguez has filed a first-person account in federal court that further details allegations her arrest was in retaliation for her reporting on local immigration enforcement actions.

Great analysis on CHIP HSIs and available spending from mu colleagues: ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/25/i...

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas. Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe. This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

This report from Children's Equity Project on the scars of family separation in immigration is powerful and devastating - we owe it to all children to understand this issue and fight for better. cep.asu.edu/the-scars-of...

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Thread: For the first time since June 2024 the Congressional Budget Office issued this week detailed baseline estimates for #Medicaid and for health insurance coverage. Here are a few takeaways: (1/x)

Rural health transformation fund” in HR1 was peddled as saving rural hospitals from draconian federal Medicaid cuts. Yet a rural hospital in Idaho is already on the brink and the fund won’t save them And this in Sen. Crapo Ch. Senate Finance Ctte’s home state www.eastidahonews.com/2026/01/perf...

Philanthropic organizations focused on early childhood development explain why the abusive immigration enforcement tactics must end now. These harmful practices can permanently alter a child’s life trajectory.

New year, same frustrations. Per CMS, states can now opt out of reporting on immunization rate for kids covered by Medicaid/CHIP. 👇

Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...

Proud to be a part of 14 of @georgetownccf.bsky.social's 20 year history. vimeo.com/1143102491?f...

A few thoughts on new Medicaid work req guidance from CMS Topline it says v. little so states remain in a bind with huge demands and little guidance to go on. But some takeaways: 1. Confirms that states will have access to 90/10 fed match for new IT systems (vendors are 😀). 🧵

New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk

My colleagues @ewburak.bsky.social and Kay Johnson sobering outlook on the many threats to federal funding to promote maternal and infant health. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/11/04/t...

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

My new blog w/ @ewburak.bsky.social Actions speak louder than words when it comes to caring about kids covered by Medicaid. Trump Administration Blocks States from Keeping Babies and Toddlers Connected to Health Coverage ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/08/08/t... via @georgetownccf.bsky.social

Actions speak louder than words. Latest w/@joanalker1.bsky.social on CMS reversal of 1115s for continuous eligibility from birth to age 6. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/08/08/t...

@citizencohn.bsky.social does an amazing job explaining how harmful a policy choice it was that the Trump Administration ended continuous coverage for babies and toddlers. A truly terrible decision for America's families. Trump Isn’t Done Cutting Your Health Care www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt...

👀In the name of “protecting vulnerable Americans” the Trump Administration will rip away Medicaid coverage from babies and toddlers👀 CMS announces Medicaid demos that 8 states are implementing to cover babies and young children continuously w/o gaps due to red tape will no longer be allowed.

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, Each Taxpayer Can Now Help Sponsor a Billionaire

“Very funny, Jesus. Give it back.”

New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis finds that rural hospitals will be hit by $119B/10 years with #Medicaid cuts and expiration of the enhanced ACA tax credits: $87B in reduced revenues + $23B in higher uncompensated care costs: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

Worth Repeating: Pregnant Women, Infants, Young Children are NOT Protected in Proposed Medicaid Cuts ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/01/w...

A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like. www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...

Reminder that the median Medicaid eligibility level for pregnancy is over 2x the poverty level. Many of these people Mullin is referring to are pregnant or are children. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

New @npwf.bsky.social report says > 140 labor and delivery units at risk of closing under reconciliation bill:

Scott amendment eliminating 90% matching rate for #Medicaid expansion is being described as just about changing federal financing. It's effectively repeal! Amendment language is nearly identical to that in a section labeled "Repeal of Medicaid Expansion" in the 2017 House-passed ACA repeal bill!

The latest episode @lastweektonight.com dives into the Senate reconciliation bill’s impact on health care and food assistance, including work requirements and red tape featuring CBPP analysis: youtu.be/vjFL-cBcjKc?...

From @tmondestin.bsky.social @georgetownccf.bsky.social Medicaid: A Lifeline for Women’s Health Across the Lifespan

Let's be clear: The Senate Republican bill would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it — all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

Must be a truly terrific bill if Republicans' response to basic questions about its costs is "la la la I can't hear you" (via @bbkogan.bsky.social)

From @centeronbudget.bsky.social Senate Republicans Can Still Abandon Disastrous, Rushed Reconciliation Bill

My new blog on preliminary Congressional Budget Office estimates of the #Medicaid cuts & overall coverage effects under the current version of the Senate Republican reconciliation bill. They confirm the cuts are even more draconian than under the House-passed bill: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/29/c...

The Senate version of the Medicaid work requirement in the "OBBB" doubles down and worsens a bad policy advanced by the House. It also gives the Trump Administration enormous leverage to protect their Governor friends and punish their enemies. 🧵

Every major bill language release is happening under the cover of night. Tracks since the bill is so unpopular. Are Senators really going to set millions of families backwards by taking health coverage & food asst away from them? Is that why they got into politics? Really?

The #Medicaid work requirements are almost the same as initial language except that the exemption for parents is now limited to parents of children age 13 and under (initial language was for children age 14 and under). States also now required to automate exemptions on "ex parte" basis (8/x)

Thread on just posted Senate Budget Committee reconciliation bill language. Despite Byrd Rule problems the draconian #Medicaid cuts are still largely the same as in initial language from 1.5 weeks ago and remain harsher than the House passed bill's cuts. (1/x): www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

My colleague Kelly Whitener walks through how the Senate Republican reconciliation bill is even harsher than the already harsh House-passed bill in taking away #Medicaid, CHIP and state-funded health coverage from immigrants: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/24/s...

New @georgetownccf.bsky.social & @smallbizmajority.bsky.social report on key role #Medicaid plays for small business owners, their employees & dependents. 1/5 have Medicaid and 1/3 of all Medicaid beneficiaries have a connection to small businesses. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...

Most people who receive SNAP also are enrolled in #Medicaid - so federal policy changes could mean that many of the same people could lose health coverage and food assistance. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

So current Senate/House Republican and White House defenses of their highly unpopular cuts gutting #Medicaid seem to just be (1) get over it (2) there are no Medicaid cuts.

With Senate GOP planning to bring their budget reconciliation bill and its draconian #Medicaid cuts to the floor this weekend, this from #Andor is relevant (but applies to many things going on): “The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss.” - Mon Mothma

Mother on Republican cuts to Medicaid: “I do not have my daughter enrolled on Medicaid so that we can have fancy things. I have my daughter enrolled in Medicaid so that we can keep her alive.” Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' puts her daughter — and thousands like her — at risk.

Rural communities face devastating consequences from Medicaid cuts Lost in the convo is that COVERAGE LOSSES will impact rural counties harder irrespective of the provider tax issue Per county data ⬇️ rural parts of AK, AR, NM, LA, KY, MT, WV, NY at greatest risk of coverage loss

More on the inadequate "rural health transformation" program from @edwincpark.bsky.social 👇👇 A temporary, capped fund is not a fix for hundreds of billions of dollars in #Medicaid cuts.

In addition to the fact that Medicaid coverage losses will disproportionate impact rural communities which will be devastating to rural communities and providers, the new rural health transformation fund does little for rural hospitals as my colleague @edwincpark.bsky.social explains in this thread.